Join us as we enjoy Jess Kidd's The Night Ship, a moving tale about two very different lives tied together by the events of a shipwreck 300 years in the past. This book will make you smile, cry, and laugh - and it's based on a true story!
The Woman is the newest blockbuster bestseller from the extraordinary Kristin Hannah. Millions of copies sold nationwide and it's showing no signs of slowing down as many readers call this her best work yet. Let's find out together!
While certainly at a head right now, the conflict in the area currently recognized as Palestine is not new. Join us as we learn more about this historically devastating conflict and the histories that make the region so critically unstable.
Sometimes all you need is a foul-mouthed innkeeper to cure what ails you. It's even better when that innkeeper is a rat. Cozy fantasy like Bookshops & Bonedust provides a respite from the troubles of the world - join friends to talk about the jokes and charm. Bonus: 1881 will have special wine recommendations to […]
Roberto Bolano’s 2666 was published after his death, and at a whopping 900+ pages, it’s considered his most important and best work. It’s a heavy read, with graphic depictions of violence - sexual and otherwise - and a structure that defies categorization. The characters are broadly diverse and riveting, and the story is deep and […]
What queens would England have had if firstborn daughters, not firstborn sons, had inherited the throne? We may think of princesses as dutiful, marital conveniences to build alliances, wearing long flowing dresses, but the eldest daughters of our kings have been very different. Political intriguers. Abducted nuns who demanded divorces. Murderers. Our princesses have been […]
Winner of the National Book Award A New York Times Bestseller A Kirkus Reviews Best Young Adult Book of the Century One of Rolling Stone's 20 Best Queer Romances of All Time "The queer romance we’ve been waiting for.”—Ms. Magazine Seventeen-year-old Lily Hu can't remember exactly when the feeling took root—that desire to look, to move closer, to touch. Whenever it […]
Augie March is a Jewish-American boy growing up fatherless and poor in Depression-era Chicago. He seeks a “special destiny,” although his circumstances seem to position him for a uniquely disappointing life: his family consists of a simple-minded mother, a brother and “grandmother” who prove to be Machiavellian in their intentions, and an “idiot” youngest brother, Georgie.
Jezebel. We know the word, but not the woman who wore the name long before it was an epithet. Now, we'll learn her story, told in the style of Madeline Miller's Circe, as a triumphant feminist warcry for a queen who deserved more than history gave her. About the Book With a bold voice reminiscent of […]
Join me and Katie as we revisit one of our all-time favorites. This book makes me buy everything that V.E. Schwab writes, sight unseen. It's perfect and beautiful and heartbreaking and everything you could want in a novel. About the Book France, 1714: in a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian […]
